by Ethan Barkley | Nov 21, 2024 | Campus, News
Plans for climate resilience are in early stages, but the heat won’t wait Victoria’s hottest day on record was June 28, 2021, at 37.8 degrees celsius. This record was reached during the 2021 heat wave, which affected much of western North America, and was also...
by Ethan Barkley | Nov 21, 2024 | Opinions
B.C.’s first-past-the-post system makes it harder to realize climate action The recent provincial election in B.C. returned a historic result: despite more than 200 000 British Columbians voting for progressive candidates over Conservatives, we now have an almost...
by Ethan Barkley | Nov 7, 2024 | Op-eds, Opinions
Apps like Umo offer a restrictive illusion of freedom When Apple coined their slogan “there’s an app for that” in 2009 as part of an ad campaign, they promised to revolutionize the way we interact with the world. Any task we could think of could be done through a...
by Ethan Barkley | Nov 7, 2024 | Culture, Film
‘In Our Grandparents’ Kitchens’ explores how cooking connects us to our heritage In Our Grandparents’ Kitchens is a short documentary film made by fifth-year UVic anthropology student Djuna Nagasaki. Nagasaki recently screened the film for the Victoria...
by Ethan Barkley | Oct 24, 2024 | Culture, Film
‘Aisha’s Story’ highlights the importance of preserving Palestinian food culture Aisha’s Story, a documentary film about the preservation of Palestinian culture and heritage in exile by UVic faculty and researchers, has won Best Documentary at the Toronto...